Dairy Free Garlic Bread

Someone holding a piece of garlic bread with the rest of the loaf behind.

5 from 2 votes

This delicious dairy free garlic bread is crunchy on the outside with a soft buttery garlic & parsley centre. Ready in under 20 minutes its a perfect accompaniment to a midweek meal. The whole family will love this!

Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Total Time35

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American, British, Italian

Servings: servings

Calories: 257kcal

Author: Lauren Woodger

Equipment

Ingredients

1 baguette Part baked or fresh (can be substituted for gluten free)
4 cloves garlic minced
50 g dairy free butter I used Flora plant butter - unsalted
1 handful fresh parsley finely chopped including stalks
½ teaspoon onion granules
salt & pepper to taste

Metric - Us Customary

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 200˚ C Fan / 390 F.
Mince the garlic with a garlic press.
Chop the fresh parsley, including stalks, very finely with a sharp knife.
Add the garlic to a small bowl along with the vegan butter, parsley & onion granules. Season with sea salt and black pepper to your taste preference.
Stir quite vigorously with a spoon until the butter begins to soften and all the ingredients are nicely mixed together.
With a bread knife cut the baguette into slices around 1-2cm thick, but only cut about ¾ of the way through, you want to leave the baguette in tact at the bottom.
Spread the garlic butter mixture into each slice.
Wrap tightly in aluminium foil and then bake for 20 minutes in the pre- heated oven.
Remove the foil and return to the oven to bake for a further 5 minutes to allow the outside of the garlic bread to become crisp and golden brown.
Serve immediately whilst still warm.

Notes

Please double check all packaging for allergens.

Note recipe has not been tested in cups.

Variations & Substitutions

Bread - You can use a French stick, ciabatta or even spread the garlic mixture over fresh sourdough slices. For a gluten free garlic bread, just substitute the baguette for a gluten free baguette like this one.
Vegan Butter - If you don’t have any dairy-free butter you can mix olive oil with the garlic and parsley instead and then spread this on the bread. If you do not require the recipe to be dairy free you can use regular butter.
Cheese - To make this extra naughty and even more tasty, you could add some vegan parmesan cheese or grated DF cheddar to the slices with the garlic mixture or even add a tablespoon of nutritional yeast to the butter mix to enhance the cheesy flavour.
Garlic - In this instance fresh is best, but if you don’t have any garlic in, you can used jarred garlic or even a couple of teaspoons of garlic powder, however you will not achieve the same flavour as using fresh garlic.

Tips & Tricks

Grow some fresh herbs in a pot, so you will always have some on hand for when you need them.
Spread the mixture right to the edges and make sure you have fully covered each piece. You don’t want to leave any part of the bread untouched - it sucks to get the dry bit of garlic bread doesn’t it!

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